Poverty · Norway
Yearly data from 1979 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Norway's income share held by lowest 20% was 9.1% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.2 percentage points from 9.3% in 2013.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.1% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 8.9% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 9.3% | 2013 |
| Highest | 10.2% | 1986 |
| Lowest | 8.6% | 2016 |
| Average since 2014 | 8.89% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 9.5% | 1979 |
Over five years it is up 0.2 percentage points from 8.9% in 2018. Since 1979 it is down 0.4 percentage points from 9.5% in 1979. The World Bank has no value for 19 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2023, Norway's income share held by lowest 20% did not change 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.1% to 9.1%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2022), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.3 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.7 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2023, Norway had the 5th highest value of the 33 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Limitations: Despite progress in the last decade, the challenges of measuring poverty remain. The timeliness, frequency, quality, and comparability of household surveys need to increase substantially, particularly in the poorest countries. The availability and quality of poverty monitoring data remains low in small states, countries with fragile situations, and low-income countries and even some middle-income countries. The low frequency and lack of comparability of the data available in some countries create uncertainty over the magnitude of poverty reduction. Besides the frequency and timeliness of survey data, other data quality issues arise in measuring household living standards.
| Year | Income share held by lowest 20% |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.1 |
| 2022 | 9.1 |
| 2021 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 8.9 |
| 2017 | 8.9 |
| 2016 | 8.6 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9.1 |
| 2013 | 9.3 |
| 2012 | 9.4 |
| 2011 | 9.5 |
| 2010 | 9.5 |
| 2009 | 9.4 |
| 2008 | 9.1 |
| 2007 | 9.4 |
| 2006 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 9.5 |
| 2002 | no data |
| 2001 | no data |
| 2000 | 9.7 |
| 1999 | no data |
| 1998 | no data |
| 1997 | no data |
| 1996 | no data |
| 1995 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | no data |
| 1993 | no data |
| 1992 | no data |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1990 | no data |
| 1989 | no data |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1987 | no data |
| 1986 | 10.2 |
| 1985 | no data |
| 1984 | no data |
| 1983 | no data |
| 1982 | no data |
| 1981 | no data |
| 1980 | no data |
| 1979 | 9.5 |
Every indicator for Norway is on the Norway data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SI.DST.FRST.20, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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